Army Daze is a Singaporean film made in 1996. A comedy based on the National Service experience by a group of enlistees in the Singapore Armed Forces, it was one of the earliest top-grossing films then, bringing in some S$1,600,000 at the local box office. Costing Cathay Asia Films just S$700,000 to make, it was also one of the most profitable Singaporean films at that time. Film refers to the celluloid media on which movies are printed. ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... Comedy is the use of humor in the form of theater, where it simply referred to a play with a happy ending, in contrast to a tragedy. ... National Service (NS) in Singapore is the name given to the compulsory conscription of all male Singapore citizens and second-generation permanent residents upon reaching the age of 18. ... The Singapore Armed Forces (SAF, Malay: Angkatan Bersenjata Singapura, Simplified Chinese: 新加坡武装部队) comprises of three branches: the Singapore Army, the Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) and the Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN). ... The Singapore dollar, divided into 100 cents, is the monetary unit of Singapore (currency code SGD). ...

The storyline was based on a play by the same name originally written by Singaporean writer Michael Chiang. Directed by Ong Keng Sen, founder of the theatre group TheatreWorks, it attempts to portray the multi-cultural flavour of Singaporean society with the extensive use of Singlish. Standard English is also heard, along with Malay, Hokkien and Mandarin, amongst other languages. The tagline of the movie, From Real Blur (Singlish reference to a mental state of confusion) to Real Man also reflects this desire. It has been suggested that Drama (art form) be merged into this article or section. ... TheatreWorks is an independent, non-profit theatre company in Singapore. ... Singlish, a portmanteau of Singapore and English, is the English-based creole spoken colloquially in Singapore. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... The Malay language, also known locally as Bahasa Melayu, is an Austronesian language spoken by the Malay people who reside in the Malay peninsula, southern Thailand, Philippines, Singapore, central eastern Sumatra, the Riau islands, and parts of the coast of Borneo. ... Hokkien can refer to: The Hokkien (dialect): a Chinese dialect, often called Minnan or Minnanhua (Southern Min), a member of the Min dialect branch, similar to Taiwanese A transliteration of the name of the Fujian province of China. ... Mandarin, or Beifanghua (Chinese: 北方話; Pinyin: Běifānghuà; literally Northern Dialect(s)), or Guanhua (Traditional Chinese: 官話; Simplified Chinese: 官话; Pinyin: Guānhuà; literally official speech) is a category of related Chinese dialects spoken across most of northern and southwestern China. ... Singlish, a portmanteau of Singapore and English, is the English-based creole spoken colloquially in Singapore. ...

Some notable members of the cast included Sheikh Haikel as Johari, Adrian Lim as the Ah Beng, and Edward Yong as Malcolm Png. Other members of the cast include Ahmed Azad, Kevin Verghese, Margaret Chan, Lim Kay Tong and Deanna Yusoff. Ah Beng is a term commonly given to a group of young Chinese men in Southeast Asia, particularly Singapore and Malaysia. ...

Play

Army Daze (Play)
Written by	Michael Chiang
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Characters	Malcolm Png Kenny Pereira Teo Ah Beng Krishnamoorthy Johari Salleh
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Setting	National Service in Singapore

Army Daze, the play, was first shown in theatre in 1987. Image File history File linksMetadata Army_Daze_Toy_Factory. ... National Service (NS) in Singapore is the name given to the compulsory conscription of all male Singapore citizens and second-generation permanent residents upon reaching the age of 18. ...

The play made a return to the theatre scene in March 2006 as a production by The Toy Factory theatre ensemble. ^[1] It opened on 2 March at the Drama Centre and ended on 18 March.

The play is directed by Beatrice Chia and Goh Boon Teck. The cast members are:

• Hossan Leong as Malcolm Png
• Robin Goh as Kenny Pereira
• Sebastian Tan as Teo Ah Beng
• Vernon A as Krishnamoorthy
• Sheikh Haikel as Johari Salleh
• Selena Tan as Mrs Png
• Kumar as Lathi
• Emma Yong as Teo Ah Huay
• Benjamin Ng as Corporal Ong
• Mark Richmond as Sgt Monteiro
• Gerald Chew as Lt Collin Heng
• Lim Kay Siu as Mr X

Also, Hwa Chong Institution English Drama Club will be doing army daze as their production this year, on 28th/29th of july 2006 Hossan Tojing Leong Yuen Yu (10 July 1969), is a Singaporean stage and screen actor. ...

Reference

1. ^ "Army Daze makes a comeback to the theatres", Channel NewsAsia, 27 February 2006.

External links

• Army Daze at the Internet Movie Database
• Laugh -- That's an Order Asiaweek.com article